Simple pet loyalty question.Follow

So I understand that for a pet to gain loyalty you need to keep it happy as that keeps it in the state where it is gaining loyalty. My question is do pets gain loyalty in BGs and Arena, or only when they are out in PvE settings, be it a city, an instance, or out in the world fighting? I understand that per the sticky it claims experience gained helps with the loyalty, but the pet in question is already 69 so there isn't much experience to gain. And on that note, in BGs and Arena there is obviously no experience to gain. If anyone could shed some light on this subject I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Problem with PVP is that it is a slow process as it seems every time you or your pet dies it makes it more unhappy. You need to have it the happiest it can be at all times and unfortunately people like to kill your pet. This may make it difficult to raise your happiness on your pet.

I have also noticed when running low level instances with a max loyalty pet it seems as if your pet gets "Bored" and becomes unhappy really easy even though the pet is fighting. It is doing easy work and becomes "Bored" as I call it.

*Edit* If your pet is lvl 69 or 70 it does seem to take longer to raise happiness on higher level pets than lower level pets. An example of this is my Wind Serpent on my main. Took until 70 to finally gain its final happiness. I tamed it at 65 I believe. However Just recently I tamed a Ghost Saber on my Lowbie BE alt hunter. Its loyalty reached max in 1 level. That's right, she had become my best friend by level 21.

This leads me to believe that they made it easier for low level pets to get loyalty to you as well due to the fact it is harder to train skills on a pet at level 20 vs 70 at the same loyalty. You just don't have enough points to do everything you can for that level range. or the fact that they may think the lower level pets will trust you sooner because

A.) Maybe they just got no choice?

B.) Due to the fact that the pet is weaker then it may depend on you more.

These are mearly hypothetical but seems like some of the only reasons for it to be this way.




Edited, Feb 19th 2008 3:18pm by HitashLevat

No problem. Good luck with the grind. It always seems to take forever while BGing. I know it is completely possible for your pet to gain levels just by standing next to you all day. It is just real slow. It's a lot faster if you kill things.

I don't remember where i read it at, and i dont think it worked anyways, but supposedly in BG's is the best place to level your pet loyalty. I tried this out, but i never gained any loyalty. What i read stated that the bg's are a great place to level loyalty because everytime you die, your pet is revived with full happiness, which is true. However, I have found that at level 70, getting loyalty is a slow process anyways, so i dont know if it really works, i didnt have the patience to sit in a bg for hours, so i just leveled it while raiding.